December 28,2019
This year Haile run to lead Ethiopian Athletics Federation. And he won the election. But what motivated him in running the Federation? He explains. Watch the above video embedded from EBC YouTube Channel.
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December 29,2016
The news analysis looks in to the case of Colonel Demeke Zewdu and Wolqaite committee, and that the regime is striving to do with them.
Pro TPLF websites continue to bash Gedu Andargachew and are even calling for his arrest.
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December 31,2016
Video : embedded from ESAT YouTube channel.
ESAT News in brief with Elsa Lakew
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January 1,2017
Mirutse Yifter, Ethiopia’s legendary athlete, laid to rest at Kidist Selassie Menbere Tsebaot church along side Ethiopian Patriot.
The funeral took place today around 2 :00 pm local time, hours after his body arrived at Bole International Airport to a hero’s welcome.
His funeral was attended by dignitaries including athletes, families and friends. Ethiopian Athletic Federation president, Haile Gebresellasie, said that Mirutse Yifter was exemplary for his athletic career and for other athletes as well.
“I am really sad and I have a great memory of him” Said Eshetu Tola who,along with Mirutse Yifter, represented Ethiopia, and Africa as well, at the first International Association of Atheletics Federations world cup in 1977 at Düsseldorf, in what was then part of West Germany.
Tolossa Kotu, another athlete from Mirutse Yifter Ethiopian athletics era, said “Mirutse is my friend and we have made history together. I am really sad that he passed away ; particularly I am sad that he passed away in exile.”
Another great athlete of what many say is from Ethiopia’s golden time, Wami Biratu, said , “Mirutse didn’t die. He is resting. He made history for Ethiopia and Africa. He won six gold medals in just one month.”
Mitrutse Yifter passed away last week in a hospital in Toronto, Canada. He has eight children.
Mirutse is revered by Ethiopians for his invincibility that helped put the name Ethiopia in the map of world middle distance running success and he was the first world and Olympic champion in 5000 meters from Africa.
Born in Zalambessa, Tigray, Mirutse started his early running career in Asmara, then only capital of Ethiopian province of Eritrea. He later found himself as a member of Ethiopian Air Force Athletics and an all time Ethiopian Great runner,Abebe Bikila, initiated and influenced the process.
Mirutse is is also known among Ethiopians for his loyalty for Ethiopia. We will have another post about it as a tribute for his contribution and loyalty for Ethiopia. check back.
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January 1,2017
This edition of ESAT Efeta looks into Sebhat Nega’s statement to Addis Zemen, state owned daily Amharic newspaper. Sebhat is said to have stated that if corrupt officials are not held accountable, the country could head to disintegration.
What does it even mean,especially when stated by a person like Sebhat Nega?
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January 2,2017
Wolqait, also written as Wolkait, is a central issue that caused what has become Amhara Resistance. ESAT Special features, in the video above, discussion between Sisay Agena and people from Wolqait during his visit to Australia. He apparently met them in Melbourne.
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January 2,2017
Today’s edition of ESAT DC Daily News covered the following topics :
-Fighting between government Soldiers and Benshangul Freedom movement. Twenty government forces killed claims leader of the movement Abdula Aladi.
-Federal court unable to pass verdict on the case of of Zone 9 bloggers
-Funeral ceremony of Shambel Mirutse Yifter held at Menbere Tsebaot Selassie Church in the presence of athletes and other dignitaries. It was a state funeral with full military March.
-Ethiopian Athletes won marathon races in men and women category in a competition organized in China.
-South Sudanese government sending government envoy to Gambella, Ethiopia, to reach out to South Sudanese who are living in Gambella region as refugees. South Sudanese rebel forces, whose leader Rich Machar is in South Africa, opposed the move.
Video : Embedded from ESAT YouTube channel
Cover Photo: Screenshot from ESAT Video
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January 3,2016
ESAT News in Brief with Blain Belay
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January 3,2016
Renowned Ethiopian painter the late Maitre artist Afewerk Tekle giving at the Library of Congress on the state of art in Ethiopia.
He fondly, and nostalgically too, mentioned about the dignity and heroism of Ethiopians,
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January 3,2017
Prayer service at the Toronto St. Mary Ethiopian Orthodox Church
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January 5,2017
Source : From Christian Science Monitor YouTube Channnel
The above video is a report by Moika Rebala, for Christian Science Monitor, from Dire Dawa. With “modernity” changing and challenging traditional safety net social institutions, elders are impacted negatively and becoming more vulnerable.
In a society that was deeply collective, solitude has become a way of live for many – and the most affected section of the society is the aged.
It looks as if the more the society is getting into individualistic life style, the more commitment to society (and what is a country?) which erstwhile used to be the hallmarks of collective society is collapsing. No noticeable efforts are observed to counter the trend. It is even questionable if it is an issue for government and for the section of the society that can influence social change, in this case by way of creating awareness to fiercely defend social values that were cherished in Ethiopia.
In the Video, the reporter seem to have observed that in urban centers in Ethiopia “traditional systems to care for seniors are being dismantled as the young prove unwilling or unable to take their elders in”
With that, Western-style group living seem to be gradually taking root in Ethiopia. Do you think this would ultimately be a solution? Desirable? And how many more are left behind and in the streets? Is it really desirable to abandon the traditional way of social safety net?
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January 6,2017
January 5, 2017 edition of ESAT News in brief, with Engdu Wolde.
– Release of prisoners; opposition figure says nearly 70,000 recently arrested
– Foreign currency crunch – only essential items being imported due to lack of foreign currency
-CPJ- called for release of journalists
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January 6,2017
As one of the ancient Christian countries, Ethiopia has developed a rich cultural traditions over millennia of years. The culture itself, until very recently, bear features of Christian teachings and emphasized society,as opposed to individual, and Christian morality.
Ethiopian Christmas (Gena) is certainly one of the holidays colorfully celebrated among Ethiopian Christians. The cultural aspect of it is even celebrated by non-Christian Ethiopians. Pious Christians make pilgrimage to Lalibela to celebrate the holiday. The ceremony is unique and truly elating so much so that it has turned out to be one of Ethiopia’s major tourist attraction generating millions of dollars in revenue.
In the above video of music play, renowned Ethiopian singer from the 70’s and 80’s , Firew Hailu, sings the most popular Ethiopian Christmas music. It is know as “Asina Bel Asina Genaye.” In the old days Ethiopian culture, men are collected, serious and play is not emphasized. Apparently, it is understood us lack of character when men play (it even tend to take the connotation of the Amharic “bualt”) too much. Gena (Ethiopian Christmas) is an exception. And the song goes like “even the lords do not scold for playing during Gena.” And the play is not just for the youth during Gena. Even elders play.
As you may see in the video, gents did the cultural ritual of the holiday; could turn out to be tense. Yet, in the end they are unified with the intervention of elders for mediation. Laddies have their own style. But seniors seem to have noticed that ladies are doing things a bit differently and they had to intervene gently to show to the girls how it is done. Possibly, what resonates from it is sensitivity to cultural heritages, and readiness, fortunately back then, on the part of the younger ones to learn from seniors, not to mention revering attitude.
Specially in the past ten years, this rich cultural tradition is clearly weakened. With what seem to be growing influence from huge diaspora population and western global cultural conquest, even young Ethiopians in cities like Addis Ababa tend to celebrate Western Christmas. It is considered as a sort of “modernity.” It is as youngsters dance to “Jingle Bell” than Ethiopia’s own Asina Bel.
With that development, Ethiopian Christmas is not getting the attention is deserves. Furthermore, sky rocketing cost of living under the ruling government has added more pressure on Ethiopians so much so that they can not even celebrate the holidays they value most like Gena (Ethiopian Christmas). The focus of the ruling party is to entrench a political holiday in a way to promote the ethnic federalism.
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January 9,2017
The above interview with legendary Ethiopian Athlete Mirutse Yifter was recorded sometime in 2012. He revealed himself- all the way from how he started as a runner to his prestigious Olympic and World championship titles.
Mirutse barely discussed about politics in the interview. But the politics of the past and the politics and challenges of the present inevitably lingered and somehow revealed. He seemed to have insinuated how athletics in Ethiopia,currently, is on the verge of collapse. Haile Gebreselassie would agree about an all time low state of performance of Ethiopian Athletics in international competitions and he, in fact, claims that it is the very reason that compelled him to decide to run for the president position of Ethiopian Athletics Federation.
Mirutse didn’t talk directly about the impact of ethnic politics in the Athletics Federation of Ethiopia but he somehow touched upon it by making a reference about language as an object of administrative challenges within the Federation.
As prestigious world class athlete as he is, and despite his significant contribution in making a name for Ethiopia in much the same way that athletes like Abebe Bikila did, he was not celebrated and accorded honor during his life time. In the year 2000 he had to leave Ethiopia behind to lead an exile life in Canada. In fact, during the military regime of colonel Mengistu Hailemariam, Mirutse was awarded a car and house in the capital.
In spite of all that, Mirutse was not bitter about Ethiopia and understood the root causes of it. While Tigrean ethnic identity is ostensibly pronounced as a means to power and privilege – in all its forms – for the past two decades, Mitutse didn’t dance to the tune and rather remained deeply loyal to Ethiopia. He passed away in Toronto and his body was flown to Ethiopia to be laid to rest alongside Ethiopian patriots at Selassie Menbere Tsebaot. Many Ethiopians seem to have known little about him except the fact that he won Olympic title for Ethiopia. They only learned about hims after his death.
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January 11,2017
In this latest edition of ESAT Efeta, Ermias Legese and Sisay Agena looks into press conference by Hailemariam Desalegne and Sebhat Nega’s interview with Addis Zemene which is published in full recently.
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January 11,2017
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January 12,2017
Teff is ancient Ethiopian grain.It has been around at least for 10,000 years according to some historians. It grows in the highlands of Ethiopia. Some tend to see a reference to it, interpretation, in the Old Testament of the Bible.
With rising level of consumption of teff in the developed world,the price of it skyrocketing in Ethiopia for local consumers, and government not putting in place measures to regulate prices -(it rather seem to have a tendency to use teff as possible source of foreign exchange), it will not be too long before teff becomes entirely a commodity item for Ethiopians.
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January 12,2017
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Government announced lists of arrested people that it implicated in an alleged corruption scandal that costed over 75 millions US dollar in revenue loss over the period of seven years between 2008 and 2015.
In the list, no big names seem to be included. The alleged suspects are,according to state media report, from different parts of the country and were not known as business people before they joined the coffee business.
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January 13,2017
ESAT DC Daily News Fri 13 Jan 2016
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January 14,2017
Colonel Alebel Amare was part of the Agazi division within the defense force. He also took part in the Ethio-Eritrean conflict. He says he was arrested for more than a year by the military for alleged espionage work to end the regime in power.
In the above interview, among many other things, Colonel Alebel Amhare reveals an attempt to end supremacy of the ruling Tigray People’s Liberation Front by mobilizing from within the army. As the plan was prematurely foiled, many members of the army who were part of the project including General Tefera were arrested and inhumanly tortured.
Part 1 : HERE
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